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Maize seed demand, supply and varietal age dynamics in Ethiopia (Record no. 69819)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 02573nam a22003017a 4500
001 - CONTROL NUMBER
control field 69819
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field MX-TxCIM
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20260123151626.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MX-TxCIM
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kebede, J.
9 (RLIN) 41127
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Maize seed demand, supply and varietal age dynamics in Ethiopia
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [Mexico :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. CIMMYT,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2025]
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 38 pages
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Open Access
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Despite a continuous maize varietal development in Ethiopia, farmers are using relatively old varieties. Against this backdrop, using the quantity of maize seed supply and distribution for the period of 2009-2023, this study analyses dynamics in maize varietal age in the country. Result shows that while average varietal age (AVA) of maize seed demanded, supplied, and distributed in the country gradually decreased overtime for both public and privately sourced hybrids, it was increasing for improved open-pollinated varieties (OPVs). We find that varietal age below threshold increases demand, supply and distribution of maize seed varieties, but varietal age above threshold reduces demand, supply and distribution of the varieties. We observe similar results for the effects of seed specific varietal age on demand, supply and distribution of the varieties. We further demonstrate that while there is a bidirectional causality between maize seed supply and distribution, the relationships between maize seed demand and supply, and demand and distribution are unidirectional: previous year supply and distribution cause demand for specific variety, but supply and distribution are not responding to previous demand. This implies that farmers’ varietal knowledge is limited to the varieties supplied to them in the previous season, and supply is driving demand. The results further imply that maize seed production and marketing focused on more recently released varieties in general and that of OPV in particular can be used as an instrument to reduce AVA thereby increasing varietal turnover.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note Text in English
597 ## - CGIAR Initiative
Donor or Funder CGIAR Trust Fund
Program & Accelerators Breeding for Tomorrow
CGSpace handle https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180569
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Varieties
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1303
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Maize
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 1173
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Seed
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 9893
651 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Ethiopia
Source of heading or term AGROVOC
9 (RLIN) 2025
700 0# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Abdu Mohammed
9 (RLIN) 40422
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Debello, M.J.
Miscellaneous information Sustainable Agrifood Systems
Field link and sequence number INT3210
9 (RLIN) 903
856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Link text Open Access through DSpace
Uniform Resource Identifier https://hdl.handle.net/10883/36810
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Report
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Withdrawn status Home library Current library Date acquired
01/21/2026   01/21/2026 Report Not Lost Dewey Decimal Classification     CIMMYT Publications Collection   CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library CIMMYT Knowledge Center: John Woolston Library 01/21/2026

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